Originally published on 7 January 2000: Only days after arriving on the Outer Hebridean island of Taransay, some of the flu-struck volunteers have abandoned their primitive homes in favour of centrally heated flats

Editorial: Yes, there are risks on the road, but for all the 'bleak chaos' of the hyperventilating hacks and the earnest men from the AA, many are quietly celebrating this glorious chance to duck out of things